Polo 1.3Cl troubles...

[Mikester]

Mels polo is giving us troubles.

It will run fine, then just stall and not start. It will turn over and over and over and not start. Give it a few mins and it will start.

It does this wether it is hot, cold, been running for 5mins or 5 hours.

When it turns over the revs go up as it turns over?

So far we have tried new plugs and leads, air filter, and cleaning the TB with carb cleaner.

Fault coded it, which came back clear. It showed the camshaft sensor when engine off, but rosstech says its supposed to do that, and then not show it when running, which it didnt, as it doesnt have one.

Someone has mentioned the hall sender in the distributor? That sound like an idea?

Or any other ideas? Just got a phone call to say it has broken down, but luckily started again after a few minutes.

The engine is 1.3 CL, TB and injection i think.

Cheers

Mike

[AudiA8Quattro]

What year is the car? engine code?
If its got a dizzy with built in hall sender then that could well be the problem, check the wiring is in good condition.
When the car refuses to start, is there a spark?

[Mikester]

i dont think there is a spark, 2 other people have had the same problem and said it was the dizzy, and explains the revs going crazy.

Will check the wiring though mate before going and ripping the thing off.

[AudiA8Quattro]

I take its an early model with a rotating dizzy?
Next time it happens, check for spark from the coil, if there is one, check for a spark from a ht lead.

[VW Mel]

Its year is 1995.

[AudiA8Quattro]

Ok. Engine code is ADX.
I think it has the early ignition system with a rotating distributor.
These are a weak point, have you checked the condition of the rotor arm?

[VW Mel]

Nope, will do that next, thanks

[Mikester]

well, i did reply to this, but my internet died.

Cheers mate for the advise. If this fails, will just have to drop an ABF in it, as they are amazing so i hear in the mk3 section

[AudiA8Quattro]

well, i did reply to this, but my internet died.

Cheers mate for the advise. If this fails, will just have to drop an ABF in it, as they are amazing so i hear in the mk3 section

Thats right.
They are so tunable, i think i'll have to remove the ABZ engine in the Audi and fit an ABF 
Let me know how you get on with the car, i've got one outside my house at the moment, in 1600 form.

[adamrob69]

Yeh it is that sort of distributor, i had a 1.3cl as my first car 3 years ago, and it as an ADX!

The distributors were very common to fail on them. I might have the one i took off mine somewhere if your intrested i could have a look. I also have some other spares like left over oil, spark plugs, oil filter, coil, a couple of spare throttle bodys, headlamps indicators lol quite a bit lying about let me know if you want any spares.